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OECD alerts cos to rising labour unrest, strikes

A new guideline of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) asks companies to apply its due-diligence framework to support living incomes and wages in the global supply chains to avert impending backlash.The OECD handbook, published on October 16, focuses on agriculture, garment and footwear sectors where inadequate incomes...

Major partners make no aid pledge in Q1

Seven leading development partners of Bangladesh made no loan commitment in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY 2024-25), officials have said, mainly due to the July-August uprising.A senior ERD official said that no loan agreement was signed in the July-September quarter. However, a US$27.41 million worth...

Train schedule disruption continues for day 2

Train schedule of the country continued to fail for the second consecutive day on Saturday as most of the trains left Kamalapur Railway Station two to five hours later leaving hundreds of passengers including children and aged people to suffer at the station for long time.Train movement from the central...

124 Hajj agencies warned against any inaction

The Ministry of Religious Affairs has warned of administrative action against 124 agencies yet to take any move for registration of pilgrims for Hajj operations next year. The ministry in a recent letter to the agencies said that administrative action would be taken against those that would fail to comply...

Now 59 trainee SIs served show-cause notices

Authorities have served two separate show-cause notices on 59 trainee sub-inspectors (SIs) for indiscipline during training sessions at the Bangladesh Police Academy in Sarda, Rajshahi, reports UNB.The notices, signed by Superintendent of Police (Admin & Logistics) Tariq Bin Rashid on behalf of the principal of the Police Academy, were served...

Six killed in Narsingdi road accident

NARSINGDI, Oct 26 (BSS): Six people, including a woman, were killed in a collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Shibpur upazila of the district on Saturday.The names and other details about the deceased could not be known immediately, said Officer-in-Charge of Shibpur Model Thana Afzal Hossain.He said...